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HIRUDO

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Hirudo mean? 

HIRUDO (noun)
  The noun HIRUDO has 1 sense:

1. type genus of the family Hirudinidaeplay

  Familiarity information: HIRUDO used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


HIRUDO (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Type genus of the family Hirudinidae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

genus Hirudo; Hirudo

Hypernyms ("Hirudo" is a kind of...):

worm genus (a genus of worms)

Meronyms (members of "Hirudo"):

Hirudo medicinalis; medicinal leech (large European freshwater leech formerly used for bloodletting)

Holonyms ("Hirudo" is a member of...):

family Hirudinidae; Hirudinidae (a family of Hirudinea)


 Context examples 


Natural hirudin, a family of highly homologous isopolypeptides, is produced in trace amounts by the leech Hirudo medicinalis.

(Lepirudin, NCI Thesaurus)



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